Quotes from Box Turtles, Hooligans, and Love, Sweet Love

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Across
  1. 1. Cheers to flowers that bloom in turbulent ____, and cheers to love, sweet love.
  2. 3. The hero's journey can be tangled, twisted, arduous, and ____.
  3. 6. I find that staring into the eyes of a gray rat snake elevates my ____ levels
  4. 9. Here's to ____, who continue to work magic into my life daily.
  5. 10. I know we're in the midst of football season, but the ____ deserves at least as much attention as the SEC.
  6. 12. Okay, maybe being slimed by an obese ____ isn't holy, but it is something
  7. 15. One legend tells that they (granddaddy long legs)will even help you find your lost ____ by pointing the way with their long legs.
  8. 16. Every time I am on a river, I ask myself why I don't spend more time on ____s.
  9. 17. Perhaps we should look to the ubiquitous, chattering squirrel as our modern gateway to health, happiness, and ____.
  10. 18. Humans have demonstrated repeatedly that to ____ something is to love it
  11. 19. Let those ____ be noisy provocateurs.
  12. 21. Maybe we should all strive to come back as a ____.
Down
  1. 2. The ____ of a wild thin is precious, reverent, holy.
  2. 4. Environmentalism depends on optimism and ___.
  3. 5. We hypothesize that these bats are ____, but further research is necessary
  4. 7. The living world is endlessly more ____ than we can possibly understand.
  5. 8. Keep your ____ right in the front of your brain.
  6. 11. Today's scientists assess a value of $16,000 per ____ for their contributions to maintaining the cleanliness of our land, water, and air.
  7. 13. Who doesn't love a ____?
  8. 14. I am reminded of the extraordinary wonder it is that each of us has a life, a ____, a place.
  9. 20. I feel bad about killing all those ____.